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A year-long international investigation has resulted in the arrest of the suspected head of the SilverTerrier cybercrime group by the Nigeria Police Force. “The suspect is alleged to have run a transnational cybercrime syndicate that launched mass phishing campaigns and business email compromise schemes targeting companies and individual victims,” Interpol said in a statement. Operation

Twitter, which is in the process of being acquired by Tesla CEO Elon Musk, has agreed to pay $150 million to the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to settle allegations that it abused non-public information collected for security purposes to serve targeted ads. In addition to the monetary penalty for “misrepresenting its privacy and security

The maintainers of the Tails project have issued a warning that the Tor Browser that’s bundled with the operating system is unsafe to use for accessing or entering sensitive information. “We recommend that you stop using Tails until the release of 5.1 (May 31) if you use Tor Browser for sensitive information (passwords, private messages,

In any organization, there are certain accounts that are designated as being privileged. These privileged accounts differ from standard user accounts in that they have permission to perform actions that go beyond what standard users can do. The actions vary based on the nature of the account but can include anything from setting up new

Cybersecurity researchers are calling attention to a free-to-use browser automation framework that’s being increasingly used by threat actors as part of their attack campaigns. “The framework contains numerous features which we assess may be utilized in the enablement of malicious activities,” researchers from Team Cymru said in a new report published Wednesday. “The technical entry

A malvertising threat is witnessing a new surge in activity since its emergence earlier this year. Dubbed ChromeLoader, the malware is a “pervasive and persistent browser hijacker that modifies its victims’ browser settings and redirects user traffic to advertisement websites,” Aedan Russell of Red Canary said in a new report. ChromeLoader is a rogue Chrome

Quanta Cloud Technology (QCT) servers have been identified as vulnerable to the severe “Pantsdown” Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) flaw, according to new research published today. “An attacker running code on a vulnerable QCT server would be able to ‘hop’ from the server host to the BMC and move their attacks to the server management network,

Zyxel has released patches to address four security flaws affecting its firewall, AP Controller, and AP products to execute arbitrary operating system commands and steal select information. The list of security vulnerabilities is as follows – CVE-2022-0734 – A cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in some firewall versions that could be exploited to access information stored

Researchers have demonstrated what they call the “first active contactless attack against capacitive touchscreens.” GhostTouch, as it’s called, “uses electromagnetic interference (EMI) to inject fake touch points into a touchscreen without the need to physically touch it,” a group of academics from Zhejiang University and Technical University of Darmstadt said in a new research paper.

Today’s modern companies are built on data, which now resides across countless cloud apps. Therefore preventing data loss is essential to your success. This is especially critical for mitigating against rising ransomware attacks — a threat that 57% of security leaders expect to be compromised by within the next year. As organizations continue to evolve,

WhatsApp is reportedly working on a feature to warn businesses that violate the company’s Commerce Policy, according to details shared by a feature tracker. The warning will be visible above the chat list, informing companies regarding the Meta-owned firm’s policies and will be limited to WhatsApp Business accounts. Meanwhile, the messaging service is also working

Oppo A57 (2022) has been launched by the company in Thailand. The smartphone has made its debut a month after the launch of the Oppo A57 5G in China. The handset is powered by a MediaTek Helio G35 SoC, along with 3GB of RAM and 64GB of inbuilt storage. It sports a 6.56-inch LCD display

Vivo V25 Pro 5G smartphone could be making its debut in the Indian market soon. The details are yet to be officially announced by the company, but the upcoming Vivo V-series handset that is expected to succeed the Vivo V23 Pro 5G recently appeared on multiple websites including the IMEI database and Eurasian Economic Commission

Realme Pad X India launch has been teased by Realme Vice President Madhav Sheth. The company’s latest tablet, which made its debut in China on Thursday, is powered by a Snapdragon 695 SoC paired with up to 6GB of RAM. It sports a 11-inch 2K display and is equipped with a quad speaker setup. The tablet packs

Google is reportedly working on integrating snore and cough detection in Pixel smartphones and/or Android. In the latest Google Health Studies update strings, a sleep audio collection study was spotted, currently available only to Google employees. The cough and snore algorithms will likely translate into a bedside monitoring feature on Android. It is yet to

Oppo A57 and Oppo A57s 4G are reportedly making their way to the Indian market soon. Their launch in the country is yet to be officially confirmed by the Chinese smartphone company, but ahead of it, key specifications including colour options of the phones have been tipped online. The Oppo A57s and A57 4G are

YouTube Music has reportedly started testing new filters for the Up Next songs in the radio queue in the mobile app. As this new feature is currently under testing, it is only visible to a limited number of users. The new filters seem to appear on the radio-generated playlist and will let users choose what plays

Google has released a new Android 13 beta update. Although it’s only half a month away, the new Android 13 Beta 2.1 patch should fix some of the issues plaguing Pixel devices shortly after the initial release of the Android 13 Public Beta. As per the release notes by Google, the latest Android update will introduce

Oppo F17 and Oppo A73 has started receiving the official ColorOS 12 update. The latest update based on Android 12 is currently rolling out in India and Vietnam. However, the users are required to submit an application if they want to receive the ColorOS 12 update during the initial rollout phase, according to the company. Prior

iQoo has reportedly started working on the iQoo 10 series smartphones, according to a tipster. The iQoo 10 series is tipped to carry model numbers V2217 and V2218 and is said to be in development. The tipster also suggests that the upcoming iQoo 10 series phones will be powered by Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 SoC